People News

Bertrand Schwartz, a French educator who helped establish a national
network for training unemployed youths, was named last week by the
University of Louisville as the first recipient of the Grawemeyer Award
in Education.

The $150,000 award for the international competition is the largest
given in education, according to sponsors.

Judges for the award, which is funded by an endowment established by
Charles Grawemeyer, a Louisville industrialist, credited Mr. Schwartz
with influencing adult education in a world "where lifelong education
has become a necessity."

Columbia University's Teachers College has established a scholarship
fund to honor Frank W. Cyr, the "father of the yellow school bus." The
scholarships will benefit students interested in rural education.

Mr. Cyr, professor emeritus of rural education at Teachers College,
led a 1939 conference that set standards for school transportation,
including the yellow color that has become a symbol of American
education.

In one of his last acts in office, Mayor Eugene Sawyer of Chicago
presented a report from his national task force on the next generation
to Congressional leaders in Washington.

Recommendations in the report, issued last month, include a call for
coordinating federal policy on children's issues by establishing a
Cabinet-level agency and new committees in the Congress with authority
over existing programs for children and youths.

Vol. 08, Issue 32

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